The morning of 31 March, 1986 a fire broke out in the south wing of Hampton Court Palace. The building, most often associated with Henry VIII, was originally built for the Archbishop of York in 1514; it quickly became the property of the crown following the Archbishop’s fall from favor (New York Times). 565 more words

I accepted a religious pamphlet from a street missionary and put it in the first available bin. Maybe I should have returned it to the missionary further down the street who tried to give me another one.

Living in Chiswick has its inconveniences: it takes over 45 minutes to get to work in the morning and whenever someone mentions a night out in Shoreditch, I immediately start thinking of excuses to can it.220 more words

I am not sure if you are aware but Wiki in the month of September tries to encourage photographers from the whole world to contribute to their pages by way of encouraging people to upload these images onto their sites. 26 more words